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24. APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SERIALLY PRESENTED INTELLIGENCE PATTERNS OF A PLURALITY OF CLASSES, MEANS FOR DETECTING RECOGNITION CRITERIA IN THE INTELLIGENCE PATTERNS, MEANS FOR RECOGNIZING INTELLIGENCE PATTERNS FROM THE RECOGNITION CRITERIA, MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID RECOGNIZING MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING THE INTELLIGENCE PATTERN CLASS, MEANS FOR STORING FROM PATTERN TO PATTERN AN IDENTIFYING INDICATION OF A PREVIOUS INTELLIGENCE PATTERN CLASS, AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID RECOGNIZING MEANS CONTROLLED BY BOTH THE DETECTED RECOGNITION CRITERIA AND THE STORED IDENTIFYING INDICATION OF THE PREVIOUS INTELLIGENCE PATTERN CLASS FOR DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN INTEL- 